1 man — 100 votes: a new approach to reviewing periodicals subscriptions at the University of Sussex

Members of staff and D.Phil. students were sent lists of current periodicals titles thought likely to be of interest to them, and given 100 votes to indicate the value they placed on the titles; titles not on the lists could be added. Votes were analysed using the library's computer. Lists of titles for cancellation, subscription and deferral were circulated for comment. After consequent modification, 164 cancellations and 74 new subscriptions were made, rebalancing resources from humanities to sciences. Other uses for the data have been found also.